Patrick Beveridge

Conga was written in Germany in the mid nineties, I guess, and was incrypted onto the hard drives of SGI computers, so it couldn't be copied. It's advantage was that it could send a 16 bit image like a cineon or dpx file to the CRT film recorders of its generation, such as the MGI Solitaire. Apparently it was very good software. Raster plus, by contrast, will only transfer 8 bit image files

Does anybody know someone ... who might have a Silicon Graphics Indigo computer with the legendary Conga film recorder software installed on it? I'm looking to buy...

ok, look forward to hearing from you patrick.beveridge@gmail.com

Yip, they look like the ones I'll have to check my gate, but many thanks for showing me the set. If you could think about how much you would be willing to part with these, I might be interested.

Actually it is the projector head! I have the projector part, made by Oxberry, of an old Domino scanner. I am linking this up to a DSLR camera. I need the 16mm feeds, as I have a 16mm gate for Oxberry 3100 camera, and have assumed it will also fit the projector part of the scanner.. but will have to check this next week, Would you be willing to sell the feed rollers, if they are what I think they are?

Hi Frank, Thanks for your reply. I have a gate, but it's part of the shuttle mechanism that I need. I have 35mm shuttle, which if you unscrew the metal sprocketed cog, you can pull it off leaving a 1 3/8 diameter rod. I have a 16mm sprocketed cog/cap I can fit onto this rod. The problem is I need second 16mm sprocketed cog/cap Sorry for not explaining this better.

I am looking for 1 or 2 sprocket caps that fit on top of Oxberry shuttles. If any one out there has got any leads, would be much appreciated! Many thanks, Patrick

Looking for Cinescan software for an Oxberry control panel PCB Will consider paying a reasonable sum..

I was wondering if some kind soul has a manual for a Domino Film Scanner front piece. My scanner is half working,but I have no manual. Any help would be much appreciated in terms of setting up a job. Many thanks, Patrick

I wonder if anyone could help me with a software problem. I have this control panel for an old Domino/Quantel/Oxberry film scanner. This is old equipment from the nineties. I have the Oxberry shuttle, and I would like to try to build a scanner from it. However, do not know where to start... Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks, Patrick

Does anyone know where I could get a linux or windows based driver software for an old CRT film recorder - MGI Solitaire to be precise...

Hi John, It sounds like you've been on that journey before me, and it also seems of me a case of going back in time. I'm using Windows 2000 and a software called QPR. Form the start I wanted to get the Cine II working for cine film, particularly 16mm. However, I'm going to try to present the stills and cine together in a cottage enterprise venture. I still don't understand the software / driver for doing 35mm Academy format, as most digital intermediate footage is stored in dpx files or cineons. An interpositive in dpx would have to be output to camera negative with a Solitaire, as the internegative stock has too low ASA. People have suggested I just need to convert the dpx/cineon to some other file the QPR driver can open like a Tiff, Psd or Jpeg. However, is the low contrast (log values..?) of the inter positive lost in conversion when it becomes a Tiff (which would thenbe exposed on the camera negative). If anyone could help enlighten me, I'd really appreciate it…

Hi Chris, It seems like you know more than me about the software to run this kit. It would be great to get some manuals online. I have one for all the 500 Pre Diagnostic Tests and one for the Cine v but that's it. I've got a 4 x 5 camera for the 8xp, but I'm based in London. There's this link for camerashttps://bioskoplab.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/camera_mod_guide.pdf The engineer who helped me fix my machine was Dave Ray of Altsystems, but I'm not sure if he has LUT software. Keep me filled in on the webpage, sounds interesting

Hi Chris, The problem was hardware settings, which was leading to images being out of focus. I had to remove the cover, turn a potentiometer screw/dial, and look at a spot of light on the glass under a microscope. When I bought my Solitaires the seller gave me some manuals, but they were only in part useful as the software proved impossible to track down. Unfortunately, Rasterplus doesn't open dpx or cineon files either, but you've done well to get a SCSI interface, as it is much faster. I don't have LUT's for individual films, but definitely would like to get some. Let's hope there are some still 'out there' we can locate ...

Hi Chris, Sorry to reply so late, and many thanks for your reply. The maintenance software wasn't necessary in the end, I found out from an ex MGI software engineer, as these image recorders have internal settings in their non-volatile memory. I've got mine working okay now, but still can't open a dlx files with my driver. I am using a GPIB interface which is a bit slow. What kind of driver do you have?